Detection

Every detection comes with evidence

Each defect record includes the photo, the location and, where the model produced one, a confidence score, so anyone reviewing it can see why it was flagged.

Location recorded at capture

Each image is uploaded with the GPS position, heading and position accuracy recorded when it was taken, whenever the unit has a GPS fix.

Fourteen defect types, each outlined and graded

Potholes, three kinds of cracking, rutting, ravelling, patch failure, edge deterioration, faded markings, damaged signs, manhole defects, standing water, debris and vegetation encroachment.

Dashcam frame with edge deterioration outlined in red, alongside severity, confidence and GPS position

Deduplication

One defect, one record

Fleet vehicles pass the same defects every week. Each new sighting is added to the existing record, so your list does not fill up with duplicates.

Repeat sightings are combined

When a vehicle passes a known defect, the sighting is added to that defect's record instead of creating a new one.

Repaired defects close automatically

When vehicles pass a defect's location several times in a row and no longer see it, the record is marked as resolved.

Recurring defects are linked

If a defect reappears where one was repaired, a new record is opened and linked to the old one, so you can see when a repair failed.

List of road defect sites such as edge deterioration and alligator cracking, with severity and status

Workflow

Review and assign defects

Detected defects go into a review queue. Every status change records who made it, when and why.

A clear review queue

Defects move from detected to under review, confirmed and scheduled, then to resolved or rejected. Assign them to officers, filter by severity, type, road, status or assignee, and sort by severity, status or age.

Every status change is recorded

Each change records who made it, when and why. A defect can only be closed with a reason.

Edge deterioration defect site on Varley Street, with severity, position, a location map and status history

Fleet

Manage the units in your fleet

Set up, assign and monitor every unit from the dashboard, and see straight away when one stops reporting.

Trip history stays with the right vehicle

Each unit's vehicle assignment is dated, so moving a unit to another truck does not reassign its past trips. A trip runs from power-on to power-off.

Seven health readings per unit

CPU temperature and load, memory, storage, GPS satellites, uptime and dropped frames, charted by hour or day in local time.

Capture schedules

Set the hours and weather conditions each unit records in. Outside those times it stays idle, so early-morning or wet-weather footage does not fill the review queue.

Automatic upload over mobile data

Each unit has its own mobile data connection, so detections reach the dashboard without anyone removing a card or pressing upload. Out of coverage, they are stored on the unit and sent when the signal returns.

Device telemetry charts for CPU temperature and load, memory, storage, GPS satellites, uptime and dropped frames

Integration

Works with your asset system

Send defects to the asset management system you already use, or connect anything else through webhooks, exports or the API.

Direct connectors

Connectors for TechnologyOne, Brightly Confirm, Civica Reflect and Esri ArcGIS send defects straight into your existing system.

No duplicate jobs

Each defect stores its ID from your system, so a later sync updates the existing job instead of creating a new one.

Webhooks with a delivery log

Webhooks are signed and retried automatically. Every delivery is logged, and a failed one can be resent from the log.

Exports and a REST API

CSV and GeoJSON exports for spreadsheets, ArcGIS and QGIS, plus a REST API with 127 endpoints, documented in an OpenAPI file.

Datum R2 device page showing its capture policy, recent trips and last trip statistics

Security

Separate, secure data for each council

Each council's data is kept in its own database, stored in your own country, and every administrative action is logged.

A separate database for each council

Your data is never stored alongside another council's, and it stays in your own country by default.

Secure sign-in logging

Failed sign-ins are logged with the reason they failed, while the person signing in only sees a general error message.

Retention settings and audit logs

Choose how long telemetry and sign-in records are kept. Administrative actions, such as setting up units, rotating keys and suspending accounts, are recorded in an audit log.

User management table listing team members with username, email, account status, last seen time and suspend or delete actions

Reporting

Automated condition reporting

Groundtruth turns detection data into a formatted PDF report for any reporting period, ready for councillors, auditors and internal review, with no manual data preparation.

Executive summary and network coverage
Open defects by severity, type and workflow status
Photographic record of the highest-priority defects
Response times and compliance
Defect locations by road
Methodology and data provenance

Contents page of an automated road condition report, listing executive summary, defect analysis, worst defects, response and compliance, defect locations and methodology

Defect analysis page of a road condition report with bar charts of open defects by severity, by defect type and by workflow status

Worst defects page of a road condition report showing dashcam photos of four defects outlined in amber, each with road name, severity and description

In the vehicle

What goes in the vehicle

A stereo camera mounts on the inside of the windscreen and connects to the Datum R2 compute unit, which is fitted inside the vehicle and wired into its electrical system. Detection, positioning and privacy blurring all happen on the unit, with nothing for the driver to do.

Capture: 60fps forward road view
Positioning: Multi-band GNSS
Power: 12V or 24V vehicle supply
Connectivity: 4G / 5G with store-and-forward
Fitting time: About 15 minutes per vehicle
Lead time: About 12 weeks from order, built to order

Longitudinal crack running up the middle of a sloping asphalt road

Longitudinal cracking · 91.2%

Type: Longitudinal cracking
Time: 11:15:38
GPS: -16.9203, 145.7710